The Vitamins The Sun Provides
Does the sun provide us with Vitamins? The Simple answer is no, it does not. It does, however, play an imperative role in our bodies’ production of Vitamin D.
While the sun doesn’t ‘give’ us Vitamin D, exposure to the sun is the bodies most important ‘source’ of Vitamin D. The UV rays from the sun’s rays trigger the synthesis of this essential Vitamin in the skin.
The primary job of Vitamin D is to ensure that the proper amounts of Phosphorous and Calcium are delivered to the body in order to prevent diseases like rickets in children, and osteomalacia in adults, two skeletal bone-weakening skeletal diseases.
What does this have to do with Seasonal Affective Disorder? Very little, it seems. While having a healthy regimen of vitamins is good for your health, Vitamin D is not directly related to your mid-winter blues. Taking a daily dose of Vitamin D in pill-form is not considered a therapy for SAD. Actually experiencing and being exposed to light is. That’s why Light Therapy is considered the best solution for a patient diagnosed with Seasonal Affective Disorder. In Short, the best advice is this: “Don’t Skip on the vitamins, but vitamins are no substitute for the real thing.” Sunlight effects your body is so many positive ways, it’s difficult to number them all.
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